Sandpipers & Snipes in Staffordshire
Our list for Staffordshire has 21 sandpipers & snipes recorded regularly there: 7 residents, 5 summer visitors, 1 winter visitor, 6 passage migrants and 2 scarce visitors
Most likely in October
GBIF · OctShare of all bird records in Staffordshire in October, 2019–2024. Each month links to that month’s page.
All 21, most common first
Common SnipeGallinago gallinagoWinter visitorCommon25–27 cmRecorded all year
Common SandpiperActitis hypoleucosSummer visitorCommon18–20 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
RedshankTringa totanusSummer visitorCommon27–29 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
CurlewNumenius arquataSummer visitorCommon50–60 cmRegularly Jan–Nov
Green SandpiperTringa ochropusPassage migrantUncommon21–24 cmRegularly Feb–Dec
RuffCalidris pugnaxPassage migrantUncommon20–32 cmRegularly Apr–Nov
Black-tailed GodwitLimosa limosaSummer visitorUncommon40–44 cmRegularly Mar–Dec
DunlinCalidris alpinaResidentUncommon16–22 cmRecorded all year
GreenshankTringa nebulariaSummer visitorUncommon30–35 cmRegularly Apr–Oct
Eurasian WoodcockScolopax rusticolaResidentUncommon33–38 cmRegularly Sep–Jul
Little StintCalidris minutaPassage migrantUncommon13–15 cmRegularly Sep
SanderlingCalidris albaResidentUncommon18–20 cmRegularly May–Jun
Wood SandpiperTringa glareolaPassage migrantUncommon19–21 cmRegularly Apr–Aug
WhimbrelNumenius phaeopusPassage migrantUncommon40–46 cmRegularly Apr–May
Jack SnipeLymnocryptes minimusPassage migrantUncommon17–19 cmRegularly Oct–Jan
Ruddy TurnstoneArenaria interpresResidentUncommon21–24 cmRegularly May
Spotted RedshankTringa erythropusResidentUncommon29–31 cmRegularly Apr
Bar-tailed GodwitLimosa lapponicaResidentRare37–41 cmRegularly Apr
Curlew SandpiperCalidris ferrugineaScarceRare18–23 cm
Red KnotCalidris canutusResidentRare23–26 cmRegularly Apr
Temminck's StintCalidris temminckiiScarceRare13–15 cmRegularly May
Smallest to largest
Length, cm- Little Stint 13–15 cm
- Temminck's Stint 13–15 cm
- Jack Snipe 17–19 cm
- Common Sandpiper 18–20 cm
- Dunlin 16–22 cm
- Sanderling 18–20 cm
- Wood Sandpiper 19–21 cm
- Curlew Sandpiper 18–23 cm
- Green Sandpiper 21–24 cm
- Ruddy Turnstone 21–24 cm
- Red Knot 23–26 cm
- Common Snipe 25–27 cm
- Ruff 20–32 cm
- Redshank 27–29 cm
- Spotted Redshank 29–31 cm
- Greenshank 30–35 cm
- Eurasian Woodcock 33–38 cm
- Bar-tailed Godwit 37–41 cm
- Black-tailed Godwit 40–44 cm
- Whimbrel 40–46 cm
- Curlew 50–60 cm
Body length, bill to tail. Rare birds in grey.
Data: EOD – eBird Observation Dataset (Cornell Lab of Ornithology), accessed via GBIF.org, CC BY 4.0. Records from 2019–2024, aggregated and filtered by Birdfact. How these lists are made